Reading Specialist, Alpha

On-site positions available in Palo Alto, CA;
San Francisco, CA;
Santa Monica, CA;
Chicago, IL;
New York City, NY;
Chantilly (Washington), VA.

$120,000 annual salary with weekly pay.

Full health, dental, and vision coverage from day one.

Relocation assistance provided.

Master's degree in reading instruction OR advanced certification such as Orton‑Gillingham, Wilson, LETRS, or equivalent.

Can personalized reading intervention surpass even the highest‑quality scripted lessons, and can AI enable that personalization at scale?

Alpha School offers the opportunity to execute an AI‑powered reading program that redefines early literacy instruction. You will facilitate brief, high‑impact workshops rather than conventional hour‑long class sessions. Your work will involve diagnosing individual student needs, developing original evidence‑based lessons without reliance on prepackaged materials, and contributing to the development of adaptive technologies that extend your expertise to hundreds of learners.

This position is designed for reading specialists who excel without prescriptive curricula and seek to lead scalable literacy transformation.

Create workshops. Transform literacy. Submit your application.

• Facilitating adaptive reading workshops focused on building core competencies in phonics, fluency, and comprehension
• Creating personalized, motivational sessions that engage students and foster a lifelong passion for reading
• Evaluating student performance data to iteratively improve your methods and generate actionable insights
• Working alongside the technology team to assess and improve AI‑driven literacy platforms

• Following pre‑scripted curricula or commercially published scope‑and‑sequence frameworks

Cultivate a passion for reading in young students

• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree or advanced certification in reading instruction (examples: Orton‑Gillingham, Wilson, or equivalent)
• Minimum of 2 years delivering small‑group reading interventions to students in early elementary grades
• Capable of assessing reading proficiency, forming instructional groups, and creating differentiated lessons independently of pre‑written materials
• Experienced with AI or adaptive learning technologies and able to respond to student engagement patterns within those systems
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship
• Able to work on‑site at one of our campus locations:
  Palo Alto, CA;
  San Francisco, CA;
  Santa Monica, CA;
  Chicago, IL;
  New York City, NY;
  Chantilly (Washington), VA

Want to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom?
Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential.

They don’t play by the old rules.

Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands‑on, passion‑driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world.

Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education.

Sounds too good to be true? It’s not.

There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!

This is a full‑time (40 hours per week), long‑term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $60 USD/hour, which equates to $120,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult  for more details on this topic.

Crossover Job Code: LJ‑5632‑US‑Orlando‑Reading Special.
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